Key Responsibilities
- Lead the execution of EPC turnkey projects or electrical packages for high-voltage substations and switchgear projects
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk throughout the project lifecycle
- Ensure project execution is aligned with company processes, contractual requirements, and customer expectations
- Coordinate multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams in a matrix organization
- Build strong relationships with customers and maintain a customer-focused approach throughout project execution
- Apply electrical engineering knowledge to support project planning, decision-making, and execution
- Identify and proactively manage project risks, opportunities, issues, and interfaces
- Maintain effective communication with customers, site teams, management, and internal stakeholders
- Ensure compliance with applicable standards, regulations, and quality requirements
- Promote a strong safety culture and integrate Environment, Health, and Safety requirements into project execution
- Support continuous improvement and efficient project delivery practices
Required Qualifications
- Significant experience in project management within electrical infrastructure, power systems, substations, or industrial/plant engineering environments
- Experience in turnkey projects, preferably in high-voltage substations, switchgear, ACS, FACTS, or related grid infrastructure
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering with specialization in Electrical Engineering, Power Engineering, or a comparable qualification
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to lead interdisciplinary teams and manage multiple interfaces effectively
- Experience managing technical, commercial, and financial risks in complex projects
- Fluent in English
- Dutch is an advantage
- Willingness to travel and work from site as required
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in transmission and distribution projects, Power Projects in the Netherlands or wider European market and internal experience is an advantage.
- Project management certification such as PMP, IPMA, PRINCE2, or equivalent
- Familiarity with project planning, reporting, and execution tools
- Experience with construction, installation, testing, and commissioning phases of substation projects
Work Location and Mobility
- Base location: Rijswijk, Netherlands
- Supports Dutch projects
- Requires travel and site presence depending on project needs
- May involve short- or medium-term assignments at project locations
- Ready to travel Internationally based on the business or Project needs.
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
Skills Required
- Significant project management experience in electrical infrastructure, power systems, substations, or industrial and plant engineering environments
- Experience with turnkey projects, preferably high-voltage substations, switchgear, ACS, FACTS, or related grid infrastructure
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering with an electrical specialization, Power Engineering, or comparable qualification
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to lead interdisciplinary teams and manage multiple project interfaces
- Experience managing technical, commercial, and financial risks in complex projects
- Fluency in English
- Willingness to travel and work from project sites as required
- Dutch language skills
- Experience with transmission and distribution projects in the Netherlands or wider European market
- Project management certification such as PMP, IPMA, PRINCE2, or equivalent
- Familiarity with project planning, reporting, and execution tools
- Experience with construction, installation, testing, and commissioning phases of substation projects
GE Vernova Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Vernova and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Vernova.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) plan includes company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions, with access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings beyond a basic match.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is available with flexible, continuous or non-continuous usage, and is complemented by adoption resources and Work/Life Connections guidance. Maternity leave is described as extended relative to typical workplace norms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include 12 paid holidays, permissive time off for many salaried roles, and dedicated personal, illness, and caregiving time for U.S. new hires. Some hourly roles start with a defined PTO bank, while other roles may offer unlimited time off.
GE Vernova Insights
What We Do
GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.
Why Work With Us
Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.
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